School Assur: Nearly 1.5 million pupils out of 2 million targeted benefit from the initiative so far

Education

Tuesday, 17 April 2018 16:29

School Assur: Nearly 1.5 million pupils out of 2 million targeted benefit from the initiative so far

(Togo First) - In Togo, the School Assur project actually benefits 1,468,391 pupils spread across of the country’s economic regions. This project aims at providing free health insurance to pupils and high school students in all of Togo’s public schools and was launched August 30, 2017.

In detail, 184,693 students benefit from the scheme in the Central region ; in Kara, they are 288,776 ; in Plateaux, they are 380,693 ; in the Savannas region, they are 233,338.

Combined students in the Lomé-Commune and Maritime regions are 441,539 overall to benefit from the initiative: 189,023 and 252,516 respectively.

It should be indicated that the project is still at its pilot stage and will see each beneficiary get CFA30,000 during 2017-18 academic year.

The School Assur project is financed by the government (CFA3.5 billion) which implements it in partnership with insurance firms NSIA and Ogar.

According to Prof. Moustapha Mijiyawa, it should enable a “40% coverage of population”.

Séna Akoda

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